General Question about 190E's

[Mino Erhan]

My wife just totalled our ' 94 E-320. Need help
I found the following:

'91 190E 2.6 @ 114K very clean 5K
'93 400SEL @ 83K very clean 14K
'96 C280 @ 90K very clean 10K

I like the 190 but am told has too many Head Gasket issues. Is this true? I had 86 300E before no porblems with Head gasket. Hve now '89 560SEL T/C and guides are new, burns a little oil at 145K but other than that no problem.

I have very little exp. with 2.6 engine. Is it as good as a 103 in the 300E?

Please help, with your opinions, I need to get something for her.